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I arrived in Santa Barbara around midnight July 28/1989. Room I had arranged to rent 3 weeks earlier wasn't ready. Conejo, landlord's dog, was sleeping where I should be! It was a cool evening & I ended up digging through my suitcase for something to keep me warm. But it was the beach & a real job.

#OTD in 1911 American explorer Hiram Bingham rediscovers Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas, in Peru 🇵🇪. Check out some📚ebooks tinyurl.com/23jp44bu from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social for more. See also BBC text tinyurl.com/wnseac8r. @spantoja.bsky.social @dawngarcia.bsky.social

From the last 10 years @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social: 4800+ ebooks in Spanish for you research tinyurl.com/ynfz7sz6. Check it Out! @dawngarcia.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social @adiazcayeros.bsky.social

Stanford’s #GreenLibrary📚opened its doors July 14, 1919. More on the place where I’ve worked since 1996 tinyurl.com/3zfw7yk6. @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social @adiazcayeros.bsky.social

Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo identify 140th stolen grandchild - Buenos Aires Herald Estela de Carlotto read a press release at the headquarters detailing the latest identification

Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, group identifying children born in captivity to parents illegally detained & forcibly #disappeared during 1976-1983 #Argentinadictatorship, have identified 140th grandchild tinyurl.com/5et33m26. See @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social ebooks 4 more tinyurl.com/4tjmtjhw.

#CarlaHayden, ex-directora de la #LibraryOfCongress ovacionada por colegas en el congreso de #ALAAC25 en Philadelphia. 📚😍

June is #LGBTQHistoryMonth. See ebooks from Spain now tinyurl.com/4sk9bj43 available from
@stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. See sample titles, access via tinyurl.com/2mrfrfhh & check by publisher #EditorialEgales. Check it Out!🌈📚

¿Qué es Juneteenth y cuál es la historia de este feriado estadounidense? El 19 de junio de 1865, a los afroestadounidenses esclavizados en Texas se les dijo que eran libres. La fecha se sigue celebrando un siglo y medio después y ahora es un feriado federal.

¿Se puede decir 'Feliz Juneteenth'? Sí,siempre que se haga con respeto y entendimiento del significado del día. Según PBS la expresión se ha convertido en una manera positiva de honrar la libertad, la cultura afroamericana y la resistencia histórica. #HappyJuneteenth. See also tinyurl.com/bde8tkwm

Librarian’ work after a #NoKings demonstration by Dolores Park in #SanFrancisco: collect political ephemera. #NokingsinAmerica, #NoKingsDay. / Hay que documentar la historia nuestra de cada día después de una manifestación antinaranja frente al parque de casa.

Yesterday I encountered this large (3-4 blocks) peaceful demonstration in the #MissionDistrict of #SanFrancisco. Reminded me that our country has a long history community resistance, check ebooks from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social for more tinyurl.com/2jm2fzkk.

Spain's noted poet & dramatist #FedericoGarciaLorca was born #OTD in 1898 tinyurl.com/2p8y5yhp. Check some ebooks tinyurl.com/5c3p7tcy from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social to learn more about him. 2nd image: #RainbowHonorWalk 🌈in San Francisco🌉 tinyurl.com/hskmcykj in the #CastroDistrict.

Pleasant surprise this morning: several #handmade #CubanBooks from #EdicionesVigía just arrived. / Vaya chulada de #LibrosArtesanales cubanos que nos han llegado hoy para "la Green" de @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social for a larger collection of 400+ pieces tinyurl.com/5458rpxn of #Libroshechoamano.

June is #GLBTQHistoryMonth. See ebooks from Spain's #EditorialEgales now tinyurl.com/4sk9bj43 available from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. Here are few sample titles. Check it out. #LibrosLGBTQ @larrylafountain.bsky.social

‘The dream of studying in the United States has turned into a nightmare’ Thousands of young Latin Americans with a spot at a US university for the next academic year are feeling fear and uncertainty about the consequences of Trump’s policies against foreign students

Thousands of young Latin Americans with a spot at a US university for the next academic year are feeling fear and uncertainty about the consequences of Trump’s policies against foreign students. english.elpais.com/usa/2025-06-...

How AI is leaving non-English speakers behind New research explores the communities and cultures being excluded from AI tools, leading to missed opportunities and increased risks from bias and misinformation.

How AI is leaving non-English speakers behind. New research explores the communities and cultures being excluded from AI tools, leading to missed opportunities and increased risks from bias and misinformation news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...

Databases tinyurl.com/3sney563 w/ lots of full text for your research on #LatinAmerica: migration, human rights, indigenous groups, climate change, gender issues...all @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social Check it out!

Un placer recibir gente de Otros Saberes-Latin American Studies Association en "la Green" de #Stanford para ver libros de artista, fotos, y grabados sobre #Migración, #ViolenciaDeGénero, #DesplazamientoForzado y #PersonasDesaparecidas. @dawngarcia.bsky.social @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social ‬

Getting ready for the 70th annual conference of the Seminar on Acquisitions of Latin American Library Material (#SALALM). Check salalm.org/salalm70prov... for more details. #Libraries #LatinAmericanStudies #AreaStudiesLibrarianship

Exhibit showcasing special items related to #humanrights in #LatinAmerica: artist's books addressing Chile's disappeared during military dictatorship & the 43 missing Ayotzinapa students in Mexico. Will also include works exploring the experience of migration.

Physics faculty call out Levin for refusal to sign anti-Trump letter An open letter penned by eight faculty members in the physics department expressed support for a AAC&U statement criticizing "government overreach." The letter has amassed over 200 signatures from oth...

Stanford physics faculty members April 22 letter supports national statement by American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) criticizing “unprecedented government overreach.” It opposed University president Jonathan Levin decision to not sign the AAC&U’s statement.

#OTD in 1977: 14 courageous women gathered at the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires confronting a dictatorship that had stolen their children. It was the start of a long struggle that continues to this day shorturl.at/EsW4D. See resources stanford.io/41RNp5R from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social

Some recent ebooks from Latin America shorturl.at/dswtf waiting for you, all from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. Check it Out! @dawngarcia.bsky.social, @spantoja.bsky.social, @adiazcayeros.bsky.social @casbsstanford.bsky.social @termanlibrary.bsky.social

Today is #WorldArtDay 🎨 tinyurl.com/5e4z5869. Check some e-books tinyurl.com/zkxjppsw on #LatinAmericanArt @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social & enjoy these colorful #MissionDistrictMurals in #SanFrancisco. @spantoja.bsky.social @dawngarcia.bsky.social @termanlibrary.bsky.social @kristinaliv.bsky.social

#SegundaRepublica. April 14, 1931: Spain's #SecondRepublic was proclaimed tinyurl.com/yx7jg8bw, only to end in 1939. For more, check out @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social online resources on this short-lived democratic endeavor stanford.io/3shjlhn & subsequent tragic civil war stanford.io/3thySiA.

U.S. textbooks portray Asians in a limited and negative light, new study shows An AI-driven analysis of widely used textbooks found that only 1% of sentences contained any mention of Asians or Asian Americans – and most of the references were related to war and foreign affairs r...

An AI-driven analysis of widely used textbooks found that only 1% of sentences contained any mention of Asians or Asian Americans – and most of the references were related to war and foreign affairs rather than contributions to society. news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...

#OTD in 1939 Spain's Civil War ended, followed by dictatorial rule lasting until 1975. For more, check out 400+ ebooks stanford.io/3wcl1Ma from @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social & @hooverinstitution.bsky.social digital collections hvr.co/2PNWj42. See also bit.ly/3rHskrY. @spantoja.bsky.social

Empieza tu Spring Quarter con ebooks tinyurl.com/mphcv65b de @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social. Te esperamos!
@adiazcayeros.bsky.social @spantoja.bsky.social @dawngarcia.bsky.social @casbsstanford.bsky.social

March 24, 1976, military coup in Argentina that lasted until 1983. Check these📚📚 & more from
@stanfordulibraries.bsky.social on the "dirty war" tinyurl.com/2y7xmx4u & the tragedy of 30,000+ missing persons tinyurl.com/4vhtsz8f. See also picture essay from The Guardian tinyurl.com/yc6khrwn.

From the Community | Is it 1984 in 2025? Stanford’s leadership must join with other universities to stand up and fight for American higher education, write Professors Riskin and Satia.

"...silence...at least in public- suggests the assault has already produced the intended chilling effect. We call upon Stanford's administration to join with other universities in publicly denouncing and defying the unconstitutional government attack on higher education." tinyurl.com/9unzf2n9

On St. Patrick’s Day, Mexico remembers the Irishmen who fought for Mexico against the US - The World from PRX Amid the celebrations this St Patrick's Day, there are also more somber commemorations taking place. In Mexico and in a small town in Galway, Ireland, they are remembering the hundreds of Irishmen who...

#SanPatricioBattalion, "a military unit that was composed mainly of Irish soldiers that were serving in the US Army when the US was invading Mexico…that left US lines and joined Mexican lines and fought for Mexico against the United States.” tinyurl.com/3edma9yb